Happy New Year.....Restaging Update

Happy New Year! Thank GOD that one's over!!! Rarely have I been so glad to get out of a year and begin a new one, but this year I was over the moon about it. 2008 was a great year because we had Hope come into our lives, and it was a terrible year because my cancer returned and I had to go through this whole treatment program. I'm not glad to see 08 go because it was bad or good, rather I'm glad to see 08 go because I'm ready for things to calm down to some degree. The volatility in 08 was simply too high to be sustainable for any length of time. The highs were super high, and the lows super low, and getting from one to the other was alot like riding a roller coaster blindfolded. Seems fun at first, but I got tired of getting yanked around so much.

Christmas was magical this year. It means so much more with a little one in our lives, I cannot begin to describe how wonderful it is seeing her all excited and playing with all the bows and wrapping. She just loved every minute of it. Honore commented that last year, our Christmas morning lasted about 30 minutes and then we were like, "now what." This year, we had to stop Christmas morning for our morning nap, so we opened for an hour, then napped for two, then resumed for another hour afterwards. It made for a wonderfully long morning playing in our living room.

Friday and Saturday, I underwent my restaging tests. Friday was the PET scan and Saturday was the CT scan. They are relatively painless, and really don't take too long. In fact, the PET is really the worse of the two because of the way they strap you to the table for 45 minutes making it so you cannot move. I schedule the test early in the morning so its easier for me to meditate(because its almost like going back to sleep). Meditating is my key to calming my body, holding still and making the time go by quickly. I am on my way downtown to the Transplant Unit at Northwestern today to meet with Dr. HappyPants to get my update and see how the tests went. I have no reason to believe there was anything on the tests to be worried about, and am expecting a routine examination.

I"ll post more later today or tomorrow to update how things went with the good doctor. Have to get going.

Happy New Year again,

Travis